רעמסס ra‘m^esês — Ra‘meses “son of the sun.”

מטה mı̂ṭṭāh — “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh…

Horses ... flocks ... herds ... asses. — The mention of horses is a most important fact in settling the much-debated question as t…

And they brought their cattle unto Joseph
Which they might the more readily do, since there was scarce any grass to …

With care taken for Jacob and his family—a mercy especially orchestrated by Providence through Joseph's advancement—the account now turns to how th…